Los Angeles panchang, 22 December 2024
Sunrise 06:56 Sunset 16:47 Margashirsha month
Los Angeles, California, United States · 34.05°, -118.24° · America/Los_Angeles (UTC-08:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:56 to 16:47- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:32 – 12:11
- Yamaganda 11:51 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam 14:19 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta 15:28 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam 15:33 – 16:47
- 14:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
16:47 to 06:57 next day- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Pradosha 16:47 – 19:37
- Brahma Muhurta 05:03 – 06:00 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:24 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Ashtami until 03:38 next day
- Nakshatra Uttara Phalguni until 19:39 · lord Sun
- Yoga Saubhagya until 06:24 next day
- Karana Balava until 14:18, then Kaulava
- Vara Sunday lord Sun
- Moon and Sun Virgo Moon Sun in Sagittarius
- 14:18 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 19:39 Nakshatra becomes Hasta
- 03:38 next day Tithi becomes Krishna Navami
- 03:38 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 06:24 next day Yoga becomes Shobhana
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:51 – 13:05
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 14:19 – 15:33
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 15:28 – 16:07
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 15:33 – 16:47
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:03 – 05:59
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:32 – 12:11
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 16:47 – 19:37
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 06:56 – 19:39
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 19:39 – 06:57 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 19:39 – 06:57 next day
Choghadiya
| Udveg | 06:56 – 08:10 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Char | 08:10 – 09:24 | Neutral |
| Labh | 09:24 – 10:38 | Good |
| Amrit | 10:38 – 11:51 | Good |
| Kaal | 11:51 – 13:05 | Bad |
| Shubh | 13:05 – 14:19 | Good |
| Rog | 14:19 – 15:33 | Bad |
| Udveg | 15:33 – 16:47 | Bad |
| Shubh | 16:47 – 18:33 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 18:33 – 20:19 | Good |
| Char | 20:19 – 22:05 | Neutral |
| Rog | 22:05 – 23:52 | Bad |
| Kaal | 23:52 – 01:38 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 01:38 – 03:24 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 03:24 – 05:10 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 05:10 – 06:57 next day | Good |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:45 NowVenus
- 08:35 NowMercury
- 09:24 NowMoon
- 10:13 NowSaturn
- 11:02 NowJupiter
- 11:51 NowMars
- 12:41 NowSun
- 13:30 NowVenus
- 14:19 NowMercury
- 15:08 NowMoon
- 15:58 NowSaturn
- 16:47 NowJupiter
- 17:58 NowMars
- 19:08 NowSun
- 20:19 NowVenus
- 21:30 NowMercury
- 22:41 NowMoon
- 23:52 NowSaturn
- Next day
- 01:02 NowJupiter
- 02:13 NowMars
- 03:24 NowSun
- 04:35 NowVenus
- 05:46 NowMercury
- 06:56 NowSun
- 07:56 NowVenus
- 08:56 NowMercury
- 09:56 NowMoon
- 10:56 NowSaturn
- 11:56 NowJupiter
- 12:56 NowMars
- 13:56 NowSun
- 14:56 NowVenus
- 15:56 NowMercury
- 16:56 NowMoon
- 17:56 NowSaturn
- 18:56 NowJupiter
- 19:56 NowMars
- 20:56 NowSun
- 21:56 NowVenus
- 22:56 NowMercury
- 23:56 NowMoon
- Next day
- 00:56 NowSaturn
- 01:56 NowJupiter
- 02:56 NowMars
- 03:56 NowSun
- 04:56 NowVenus
- 05:56 NowMercury
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:03 – 06:28 Scorpio
- 06:28 – 08:31 Sagittarius
- 08:31 – 10:09 Capricorn
- 10:09 – 11:30 Aquarius
- 11:30 – 12:49 Pisces
- 12:49 – 14:19 Aries
- 14:19 – 16:11 Taurus
- 16:11 – 18:27 Gemini
- 18:27 – 20:52 Cancer
- 20:52 – 23:16 Leo
- 23:16 – 01:38 next day Virgo
- 01:38 – 04:03 next day Libra
- 04:03 – 06:24 next day Scorpio
- 06:24 – 06:57 next day Sagittarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in PST (UTC-8) · Method